title: [General internal medicine: important articles about ambulatory care published in 2010].
abstract: This review of articles published in 2010 covers the new role of dabigatran in atrial fibrillation, the lack of efficacy on pain of chondroïtine/ glucosamine in knee arthrosis, the risk of thrombosis with antipsychotics, the increase cardiovascular risk in case of migraine with aura and the insufficient prescription of adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly with colon cancer. Authors also highlight public health topics such as the association of poor oral hygiene and increased cardiovascular risk, the positive effect of opioid substitution therapy by primary care practitioners on mortality, the high frequency of prenatal violence on pregnant women and the negative impact of financial constraint on the risk of hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Communautaire, de Premier Recours et des Urgences, HUG, Genève. yves.jackson@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Broers
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Pollina
authors.forename: Mélissa Dominice
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durieux-Paillard
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Escard
authors.forename: Noëlle Junod
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.forename: Anne-Sylvie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gaspoz
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine